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Definition of Deflect

1. Verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. "Avert a strike"

2. Verb. Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest.

3. Verb. Turn aside and away from an initial or intended course.

4. Verb. Draw someone's attention away from something. "He deflected his competitors"

5. Verb. Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball). "The fighter managed to deflect his opponent"; "Block an attack"

Definition of Deflect

1. v. t. To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

2. v. i. To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.

Definition of Deflect

1. Verb. (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To deviate from its original path. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To knock aside. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deflect

1. to turn aside [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deflect

deflationary deflationism deflationisms deflationist deflationists deflations deflator deflators deflavorizing machine deflavorizing machines

deflazacort deflea defleaed defleaing defleas deflect (current term) deflectable deflected deflecting deflection

deflection change deflection changes deflection coils deflection difference deflection differences deflectionize deflections deflective deflective occlusal contact deflectometer

Literary usage of Deflect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Civil Engineer's Pocket-book by John Cresson Trautwine (1894)
"Case 1, Fig 30 ; when the two curves deflect in opposite directions. Case 2. Fig .SI ; when the two curves deflect in tb« same direction. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"To protect the fillers working at the bottom, strong diagonal guard timbers ore placed at S in order to deflect any materials falling down the shaft, ..."

3. The Trial of Col. Aaron Burr, on an Indictment for Treason, Before the by T. Carpenter (1808)
"... was in like manner preferred, and provisional measures only taken to meet the event of rupture.-— While therefore we do not deflect in the slightest ..."

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